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@ARTICLE{Andersen:858411,
author = {Andersen, Camilla Arndal and Alfine, Lorenzo and Ohla,
Kathrin and Höchenberger, Richard},
title = {{A} new gustometer: {T}emplate for the construction of a
portable and modular stimulator for taste and lingual touch},
journal = {Behavior research methods, instruments $\&$ computers},
volume = {51},
number = {6},
issn = {1554-3528},
address = {Austin, Tex.},
publisher = {Psychonomic Society Publ.65281},
reportid = {FZJ-2018-07295},
pages = {2733-2747},
year = {2019},
abstract = {Taste research has been hampered by technical difficulties,
mostly because liquid taste stimuli are difficult to control
in terms of timing and application area. Exact stimulus
control requires a gustometer, but the existing devices are
either not well-documented or rather inflexible. We designed
a gustometer based on a computer-controlled, modular pump
system, which can be extended via additional hardware
modules—for example, for heating of the stimuli or sending
and receiving triggers. All components are available for
purchase “off the shelf.” The pumps deliver liquids
through plastic tubing and can be connected to commercially
available or custom-made mouthpieces. We determined the
temporal precision of the device. Onset delays showed
minuscule variation within pumps (SD < 3 ms) and small
differences between pumps (< 4.5 ms). The rise time was less
than 2 ms (SD < 2 ms), and the dosage volume bias was only
$2\%.$ To test whether hemitongues could be stimulated
independently, we conducted a behavioral experiment. A total
of 18 participants received tasteless stimuli to the left,
right, or both sides of the tongue. The side of stimulation
was correctly identified on $91\%$ of trials, indicating
that the setup is suitable for lateralized stimulation.
Electroencephalographic responses to water and salty stimuli
were recorded from two participants; the stimulation
successfully evoked event-related responses, demonstrating
the suitability of the device for use in
electrophysiological investigations. We provide a
Python-based open-source software package and a Web
interface to easily operate the system. We thereby hope to
facilitate access to state-of-the-art taste research methods
and to increase reproducibility across laboratories.},
cin = {INM-3},
ddc = {150},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406},
pnm = {572 - (Dys-)function and Plasticity (POF3-572)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-572},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:30511156},
UT = {WOS:000500068400001},
doi = {10.3758/s13428-018-1145-1},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/858411},
}